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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1918
Page
4
Community notes recount visits and outings around Wooster including neighbors visiting kin in Applecreek and Norwalk, travel to Cleveland Akron and Norwalk. Local residents recover from injuries, attend church events, and prepare for family gatherings as others join in services at First U B church and reminisce about past school leadership.
The town saw many visitors from Canton Wooster and Doylestown over the weekend. Residents discussed and participated in the Third Liberty Loan, with bonds totaling 1,183,150 dollars sold to 5634 buyers in Wayne County. Local moves include real estate sales and the Wadsworth Savags & Loan Co. forming to ease housing demand.
Mr and Mrs GC W Hoover launched a new business aiding the war by conserving meat. They breed and market Belgian hares, grown to several hundred, with ready sales for food at home on Sterling Ave. Orders filled promptly and readers urged to try hare as a diet to ease meat shortages.
Private letters from the city report the 308th regiment left Monday for France after training at Camp Merritt near New York. Wayne county men were among those at the camp and some may now be nearing France in the unit that includes several Rittman boys.
A Wayne County levy request for next year asks the county commissioners for a millage rate to fund emergency needs. The article notes a proposed increase and outlines the levy as a specific percent of a mill, though the wording is unclear in parts. The notice emphasizes the urgency and potential impact on local finances.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions a veiled reference to a person or event labeled SHATOWILL. Details are unclear but the term appears central to the snippet.
A run of film reels features Gladys Blockwell in a story of glamor and intrigue and Fox offers Shadows for Her Pest. Charlie Scraplin stars in Behind the Screen. Also announced are June 20 21 showings with Douglas Fairbanks at Artcraft.
The palace screens Reading for the Moon a lively comedy drama featuring Fairbanks in a frantic fight scene as palace intrigue unfolds. Note to parents children admitted to all shows but must sit front center aisle or pay full fare.
The 308th Regiment of Engineers, including Rutrian boys Marvin Wenger Tubbs and Joe Stein er, transferred from Sherman to Camp Merritt New Jersey over two weeks ago. A letter from Clarence Swartz says all Rittman boys except Plat Siete and himself were at Camp Merritt. It is likely the regiment has boarded for France prior to last Thursday.
Notice of a village council resolution to submit a bond question to electors on August 13 1918 for 5000 to cover Salt Street paving and improvements. Ballot wording set for For the issue of bonds or Against the Issue of bonds. Mayor WM Riackleford signs. First publication June 13 1918.
Fragmentary OCR text shows an advertisers notice discussing weekly papers and issues. It mentions press practices and a large number of days, with unclear references to year counts and city print runs.
A German court in Amsterdam sentenced Mrs. Gohla to six years for fraud in eleven cases, bribery in five, and lottery law violations. Her rise began as a socialite in Berlin after funding a lavish lifestyle with war contracts and simulating business deals.
From Bethlehem a young British guard writes of guarding the birthplace and manger of Jesus. He notes a 14 pointed silver star donated by France marks the birthplace, a stable lit by lamps from many nations, and a rock manger preserved with marble.
Clackamas County Oregon ends poor farm relief and uses internment for wanderers. A demented man found wandering with a hook jotting plans for a Chautauqua park is suspected as a German spy and is turned over to federal authorities for internment until war’s end.
Archaeologists uncover bones of a giant prehistoric creature during downtown Menver excavation. Teeth measure about 11 inches, a nearly intact skull fragment and a femur indicate an animal far larger than the largest elephant.
Archibald Hurd lauds American naval aid to Britain as crucial to the fleet and convoy success in the North Sea. He cites close Anglo American cooperation, U S ships and crews battling submarines and mines, and mentions Admiral Beatty's likely view on U S assistance.
E D Zellner of Junction City Kansas shuts down a large pigeon farming operation supplying squabs to Chicago and New York markets. Wheat costs rose during the war making feeding impractical. he shipped 1000 homers to Boston by express at a cost of 8 cents per bird.
A Garden City Kansas farmer hired Linn Overbrook an eighteen year old threshing helper for an all winter job at ten dollars weekly. Sheriff Brown confronted Linn who confessed that Mabel had run away from home. Mabel was held in town and later returned to her Nebraska home.
John A. Brown, a Gary and Crown Point banker, announced plans to use day and night labor on his 6,000 acre ranch below Lowell in Lake County. Half the acreage will be corn with resupplanting wheat, and the ranch houses 500 head of cattle. The wartime farming methods aim to boost local food production in the Kankakee valley.
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